14/3/2017 | Present Status and Horizon Scanning of Sustainable Aquatic Resource Developmen, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Agenda

  • Introduction
    • Motivation
    • Project Objectives
  • Metadatabase Structure
  • Current Status of the Metadata
  • Preeliminary Results
  • How to collaborate
  • In progress | NO Data | Invitation for collaboration

Data Vs Metadata

  • **Data:** facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis (Oxford Diccionary, 2017).

  • Metadata: “Information about data” -i.e., the information required to understand data, including data set contents, context, quality, structure, and accessibility (Michener et al., 1997)

    • In short, the “who, what, when, where, and how” about every aspect of the data.

Project Motivation

  • Increasingly depending on multidisciplinary research

  • Biology, Ecology, Oceanography, Economy, etc!

  • Lack of data or lack of data availability?

  • No matter which, the result can block progress
  • A meta-database fosters collaboration and eases the process of informing best policies relevant to any community or region

Project Objectives

  • Design a framework for the meta-database of marine ecosystems and marine-related research of Mexico
  • Identify available data sources and incorporate into developed meta-database framework
  • Identify the major trends in marine data availability in Mexico
  • Identify information and research gaps that should be addressed in the future
  • Develop protocols for public sharing of the meta-database and inclusion of new information in the future

Metadata Structure

Structure Structure Structure Structure
MMID Area Temporal_Resolution Metadata_name
Short_Title Region Spatial_Resolution User_Contact
Keywords Location Dataset_Title Institution_Type
Author Start_Year Compilation_Title Research_Fund
Institution End_Year Publication_Year Research_Field
Dataset_Available Data_Time_Points Reference SE_Interaction
Subject_name Unit_Type Available_Metadata Data_Uncertanty

Current Status of the Metadata

Geolocalization of records

  • Since November we have colected: 82331 Records, from 80 repositories, representing more than 323 0 data points

Preliminary Results

Institution Flow

Analysis of what type of institutions are donnors, what are doing the actual research, and in what fields

Direct Collaboration

The more people involved, the better we can reflect the state of marine research in Mexico!

We invite you to think on research questions and applications for this dataset as it is (will) available for everyone!

Thank you !

Questions?